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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Three Kinds of Love You Need For Your Marriage

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dr. David Gudgel wants to equip couples to have successful and enjoyable marriages. In this broadcast, Dr. Gudgel reviews the three Greek words for love – AGAPE (sacrificial love), PHILEO (friendship love), and EROS (romantic love) – and encourages couples to intentionally work on all three to improve their relationship.

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0:00.0

Hey friends, here's the latest episode of my podcast, ReFocus with Jim Daily, featuring

0:04.6

former NFL player, Benjamin Watson. He shares about protecting the lives of every human being,

0:10.4

pursuing justice for all. Visit ReFocus with JimDaily.com.

0:17.9

This is John Fuller, and today, on Focus on the Family with Jim Daily, we'll be exploring

0:22.2

what life-long happiness is in your marriage. And to get us started, we've collected a few

0:27.3

quotes about marital happiness. And I wonder if any of these resonate with you. For instance,

0:32.4

Ruth Graham, the wife of Evangelist Billy Graham, said,

0:35.6

a happy marriage is the union of two forgivers.

0:39.1

I definitely like that. Here's another one. Marriage is meant to keep people together, not just

0:43.2

when things are good, but particularly when they are not. That's why we make marriage vows,

0:48.8

not wishes. That's a good perspective, yeah. Here's another one. Marriage is not just spiritual

0:54.3

communion. It's also remembering to take out the trash. That one fits. I like that one. Finally,

1:01.5

we've got this quote, a good marriage is where each partner secretly suspects they got the

1:06.5

better deal. And boy, I know that's true for me. I don't speak about that often here in the

1:11.2

studio. Yeah, it's so much fun. These statements reflect the kind of marriage we all want to

1:16.0

experience. Hopefully, and we have a great guest today to talk about how to enjoy your marriage

1:22.0

more. And I think in the push of time and the rush and job and all the requirements with kids,

1:28.3

and man, we can get lost in kind of nurturing our marriage. And that's a problem because that

1:33.2

could end up ruining that wonderful union that God has created. And the Bible describes marriage

1:38.5

in terms of honoring one another, submitting to one another, becoming one flesh. I don't think we

1:43.9

even understand totally what that means. And I'm convinced God puts husbands and wives together

1:49.7

to help us kind of become less selfish because that's God's character. And I think that is one of

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